# AR And VR In Java: ARKit, ARCore, And A Virtual Room You Can Debug

DevFeed: [AR And VR In Java: ARKit, ARCore, And A Virtual Room You Can Debug](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ar-and-vr-in-java-arkit-arcore-and-a-virtual-room-you-can-debug-19200.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/ar-vr-support-simulation/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2026-07-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emulator.md>), [Simulation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/simulation.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debug.md>), [emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulator.md>), [event-driven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-driven.md>), [gltf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gltf.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [simulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simulation.md>), [simulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simulator.md>)

## AI overview

A Codename One release adds portable AR support over ARKit and ARCore, stereo rendering and 360 media support, and a simulated AR backend. Developers can test tracking, planes, anchors, hit testing, and related event-driven code in a virtual room within the simulator.

## Source excerpt

World tracking, plane detection, anchors, stereo rendering and 360 panoramas, with a simulated AR room so the whole loop is debuggable in the simulator.